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Mind you I rather like both of them – at 71, Flo is the oldest ever contestant but has bags of life and did an amazing chocolate cake in the shape of a watermelon.

Kate Lyon, 29 from Merseyside, is an amateur blacksmith - what will she come up with for the Showstopper rounds? Can she rustle up a four foot high iron cake stand?

Kate Lyons (Image: PA)

Yan is a biomedical scientist for the NHS, who forgot to turn the oven on. Let’s hope she doesn’t make such mistakes while at work.

I really warmed to her though when she called her cake “the Peter Beardsley of cakes” - it doesn’t look very good but it does the job.

And she made a katsu chicken fillet from Rice Krispies and marshmallows she called a Bananaramen Cake!

Yan (Image: PA)

What I thought

I’m a big fan of Bake Off so I will watch for the contestants and the format. I quite like Sandi and Noel, I’m just not sure about Prue.

The big problem for me is that the ad break comes as a huge shock.

We were just getting into it when it came to an abrupt halt. This could be a disaster for Channel 4 - although it does give some viewers the chance to put the kettle on, send a tweet and cut a slice of cake to eat. Or grab a chocolate mini roll in tonight’s case, and be glad we can buy them in the shop and don’t have to

I expect I’ll get used to it, and I’ll definitely be tuning in again next week.